In a new posting on Instagram, filmmaker Michael Bay has seemingly denied reports from earlier this week that production has begun on a “Skibidi Toilet” which he’s directing. In the video, a very relaxed-looking Bay is by himself around a large glass-ceiling room and says: “I went on the internet last night and it says […]

After decades of state censorship and imprisonment, the Iranian director won the prestigeous Palme d'Or for best film with his highly political piece "It Was Just an Accident."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJduqMgXd2w

We are meeting in the same usual place: https://cytu.be/r/matrixhub

Vote on movies for upcoming movie nights:
https://goatmatrix.net/c/MatrixEvents/AGjU39ioUh

We've already watched Drunken Master and we are watching The Prestige tonight so just ignore those.

Vote if you want a different time: https://goatmatrix.net/c/MatrixEvents/F16Cuemhe9

I usually only post about this sort of thing on [email protected], but this is Forbidden Planet! It's "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"! Anyway for the unaware, this is a watch party meaning we all watch the movie at the same time while commenting about it on mastodon. Details below.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/22584092

Forbidden Planet (1956) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.

How to watch the movie:

• tubi (US, England, Canada, Australia, NZ?): https://tubitv.com/movies/100012215/forbidden-planet
• uBlock Origin adblocker should work, at least on Firefox, on youtube and tubi links
• peertube (the fediverse option!): https://peertube.wtf/w/ehQReF6uWnXNmCLZwsEhV3
• archive (4 minutes shorter?): https://archive.org/details/ForbiddenPlanet1956_201707
• someone plans to stream it on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
• if you want to pay and/or watch ads, look here: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/forbidden-planet

this landmark film is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s,[4] a precursor of contemporary science fiction cinema.
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Forbidden Planet's effects team was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Special Effects at the 29th Academy Awards. Tony Magistrale describes it as one of the best examples of early techno-horror.[10] In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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At the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 94% based on 51 reviews from critics, averaging 8.20/10.[25] Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that everyone who worked on the film certainly "had a barrel of fun with it. And, if you've got an ounce of taste for crazy humor, you'll have a barrel of fun, too."[26] Variety wrote: "Imaginative gadgets galore, plus plenty of suspense and thrills, make the Nicholas Nayfack production a top offering in the space travel category."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/189199

Tom Cruise’s press tour for the latest “Mission: Impossible” movie serves as a celebration of an industry.

From NYT > Top Stories via this RSS feed

Summary

A fugitive alien helps a lonely Hawaiian girl mend her broken family.

Director

Dean Fleischer Camp

Writers

Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, Mike Van Waes

Cast

• Maia Kealoha
• Sydney Elizebeth Agudong
• Billy Magnussen
• Tia Carrere
• Hannah Waddingham
• Chris Sanders
• Courtney B. Vance
• Zach Galifianakis

Rotten Tomatoes: 72%

Metacritic: 54

VOD: Theaters

Summary

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most perilous mission yet: to track down a rogue AI known as "The Entity" before it triggers a global catastrophe. As the team races against time, they confront deadly adversaries and face personal sacrifices that test their limits.

Director

Christopher McQuarrie

Writers

Bruce Geller, Erik Jendresen, Christopher McQuarrie

Cast

• Tom Cruise
• Hayley Atwell
• Ving Rhames
• Simon Pegg
• Esai Morales
• Pom Klementieff
• Henry Czerny
• Angela Bassett
• Holt McCallany
• Janet McTeer
• Nick Offerman
• Hannah Waddingham
• Tramell Tillman
• Shea Whigham
• Greg Tarzan Davis
• Charles Parnell
• Mark Gatiss
• Rolf Saxon
• Lucy Tulugarjuk
• Katy O'Brian
• Stephen Oyoung

Rotten Tomatoes: 83%

Metacritic: 69

VOD: Theaters

Per Deadline:

Then, there’s an IMAX/3D re-release of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water, which is set for October 3, 2025 — ahead of threequel Avatar: Fire and Ash on December 19, which is expected to do gangbusters business, on the heels of a historically successful first two films.

https://deadline.com/2025/05/elle-fanning-dakota-fanning-sentimental-value-cannes-1236408187/

Get ready for F1, the thrilling new racing drama starring Javier Bardem as a former driver turned team owner. Brad Pitt leads as a retired champ mentoring a rookie in this high-speed story of passion, rivalry, and redemption. Racing fans won’t want to miss its June 2025 release!

Nicole Kidman is back in Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2, set in a mysterious alpine retreat. New faces, bold therapies, and deeper secrets await. Watch now on Hulu!